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Images can bring presentations, reports and other student work to life. Students should learn to use images responsibly. Here’s what you need to know to help them.

http://ditchthattextbook.com/2015/09/04/how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/…

Does the Internet encourage plagiarism? A study published in the Journal of Academic Ethics suggests otherwise, finding that instances of academic plagiarism actually decreased.

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-09-09-is-plagiarism-down-depends-on-how-you-define-and-measure-it…

A district in Pennsylvania is flying in the face of the trend towards closed systems, instead choosing open source devices and software whenever possible. “We sometimes feel like a pirate island because this is unusual,” said Charlie Reisinger, technology …

I decided to shift to MS OneNote. Why? Because the tools is free and because it seemed to offer a solution. To my opinion: it also offers more structure to your content than Word does.

http://www.zelfstudie.be/blog/en/onenote-creating-digital-textbooks…

Computational thinking is typically associated with coding and computer programming, but it’s also more than that, involving “solving problems, designing systems, and understanding human behavior,” according to Carnegie Mellon University.

http://www.digitalpromise.org/blog/entry/a-new-model-for-coding-in-schools…

A responsive classroom integrates students’ social and emotional growth into their academic learning. This is done through social interaction and explicit instruction of skills during lessons.

http://globaldigitalcitizen.org/build-a-responsive-classroom-with-social-media…

Clever is an application that makes it easier for schools to manage their other applications.

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/08/27/434667722/one-third-of-schools-are-using-this-app-youve-never-heard-of…

A new study on the mobile device habits of college students shows they’re leaving their desktops behind and venturing out into an increasingly mobile landscape — one in which higher ed infrastructure will have to evolve to accommodate.

http://www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2015/08/report-how-millennials-use-mobile-devices-college…

Imagine taking a photo of the Eiffel Tower while on a vacation to Paris. But that’s not all. Imagine returning home with your phone, plugging it into a 3-D printer, and creating a tangible recreation of your photo—something you …

Higher education institutions are drowning in data from website usage, email and social networks, among other sources. This is in addition to student data, including information about assignments, activities and performance. Below are seven ways smart colleges and universities …

One of the traps that many student writers fall into is overusing favorite phrases and adjectives. I’ve edited and graded enough essays over the years to confirm this. There are a couple of tools that can help students avoid …